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4To `all 4whom it may concer-n.-

MosnsNEAnoLANN, lor: HARRISON CITY, PENNSYLVANIA;

` Letters Patent l\`To.10 5,'647, dated July 526,'1-870.`

` IMPROVEMENT IN SAWINQMACHINE.

` Schedule referred tc fn Beitknown that I, Mosns NEAL OrlAn'K, ofV Harrison Oitjyin the county ofWestmorelandfand State of Pennsylvjania, haveinvented a newand useful Improvement invSawing-Machine; Vand I do herebydeclare thatthefollowing is a full, clear, and exact de# scriptiou thereof, which will enable others skllled iu the art to make and usethe same,l reference being had tothe accompanying drawing forming a part of i this specification, in which- ;rFigu1-e 1` is a sideview'of my improved. machine,

I parts being brokenawayto showthe construction.

i Fignre`2 `is front view of the same. l

i i Figure 3 isa detail view, illustrating the constru i l Similarjletters of reference indicate corresponding 1 A tion of the axle."

` `Figure 4 is` a'. detail view, `partlyrin section, illusi I trating the construction of .thesaw-pitman. Figure- 5 startingthe saw straight when entering a log.

a detail view,"j illustrating the'- device for apartse I si My invention hasforits object to furnish a simple,

i convenient, and effective machine, to be operated by `hand-power,forsawing od logs, shingle stud', and for v aous other l'purposes 'forwhich a crossfcut saw is generally used; and n i `It consists in the construct-ionV and combination of the various parts of the machine, 'as hereinafter `more fullydes'cribed. i Ar is the-frame of the machine, upon the rearends of the side bars of which: `are formed,1or to them are a, attached, handles B, for convenience in moving .the

` ,machine from place t0 P1596- `'.lhe rearend et'` the `machine is'supported by legs i O, the upper ends of which are securely attached to .a `the rearparts of the` side bars of the frame A.

`Upon the outer side of the legs C are placed' bars D,`th`e lower-ends 'of which are sharpened, and the Vbodies of whichare slotted longitudinally to receive i the gude-pins E,attachedito the legsO, and to rei-- i ceive't-he bolts F, which pass through the said slotted i platesorbarsD and through the said legsG.

, The bolt-sFalso pass through the keepers Gr, which 3 surround three sides. of; theV bars D,`and'the`ends of which overlap the sides ofthe legs O.

` 'The bars Dmaybe ddven into the vground hold the 'machine steady while being operated. They may i also be used for levelingnp the machine and adjusting it,as'circulnstances-may require.'

The forward art of the machineis supprted by.'

` 'wheels H,'which"` revolve upon the-journals of the ,barset' the frame A axle I, which 'works in hearings attachedf to vthesde The'axle `I, at each end, is `bent twice at right angles between thesidejbars of' the frame A aud the.

.sired elevation. y l l L is a shaft, the journals of which revolve in bear- I ings attached to the middle parts of the front and rear cross-bars of the-frame A;

these Letters Patentend making part of the same.

Wheels vH, .so that, by partially revolving lthe axle i I,

the forward end of the frame A may-be raised and lowered to adjust it as required. y y

The axle I is turned by the lever J, the lower en `of which is securedto the said axle, andwhich projectsupward along the notched edge ot' .the arched bar K, the eudsof which are secured'to the side bar of the frame A, so that, hycatching the lever J in one or. another of .the notchcsof the barK, the forward end' of the frame A may be secured at any de- To the rear part of the shaft L is attached a gearwheel, M, the teeth of which;v mesh into Vthe teeth of the 'large gear-wheel N, the journals of which revolve in bearings inthe upperparts of the arched standards O, the lower. ends o t' which are attached to the frame 'Ton-thevproje'ctingends oi' the rear journal of thev gear-wheel N is attached the crank T, by means of which power is applied ',to the machine.

To the forward endof the shaft L is attached a flywheel, Q, which should be made sutlciently large andi heavy to give ysteadiness of motion to the saw.

To the y-wheel Qis attached a crank-pin, R, to which the end of the saw-pitman` S is pivoted, yseveral holes being made in the y-wheel Q for the reception of the crank-,pin R, different "distances from the center of said wheel, so that the stroke of the saw may beadjusted at will. A

l The saw-pitmanfS is made :in two parts; 4the'out-er partt-o the end of which the sawh is attachedis swiveled to the other parts, as shown intgures` 3' and .This'const'ruction enables the cut to be made at' right angles wit-li the length of the log, however the' log may be lying, provided the sawis "held securely at 'the proper inclination while be'ing started into the log. .'lhe'saw is held -in position while being started into ,the log by the staple U, the arms'of which are made parallel with each other,'and at such a distance apart as to receive thesaw between them, which staple is placed )over-- the saw and- -driven into the log, as

lshown, in gures 2 and 5.

The frame of .the machine and the log are con nected to each' other bythe long dog V, one end .of

which is pivoted tothe forward part of the frame A,

and the other,Y or hooked end, is driven into the logl- When not Viu1.'use,`tl1e dog V is hooked. into a staple attached to therear part of the frame A, as shown in gures 1 and 2,.- I

W is a semicircular bar, ,which passes over the dy- :wheel' Q, and the ends of which-are heut at right angles, and are attached to the front cross-bar of the frame A.

The barlW has one or more holes formed in it to receive thepin or bolt X, that also passes through a. hole in the saw-pitinan S, to support the said pitman and its attached saw 'D while moving the machine from place to place. y

The lower pin or bolt, by whihthe saw T is secured to the end of the pitman S, should beso made that it may he easily detached, so that, when the ma chine is to be moved any considerable distance, the said pin or bolt may be detached and the saw swung hack upon the pitman, so as to be entirely out of the wey. Y

The machine, constructed :is herein described, can be moved fromplace to place by one man, in the manner of a hand-cart or wheelbnrrow, and may be operated by one manfor doing any work that can be ione by a. cross-cut sew, doing the work a great -deal 'ester'.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with legs G ot' s hnrpened and slotted bars D, guide-pins E, bolts F, and keepers G, all constructed and relatively arranged 'as and -for the purpose-specified.

2. The combination with saw T of detachable guide U and pitmetn S S, formed in two piu-ts, swiveled t0- tree at any angle.

3. The combination of the curved bar W with the freine A and saw-pitmatn S, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose set forth.

'MOSES NEAL CLARK.

Witnesses:

H. P. LAUFFER, S. J. MILLER.

gether, whereby the saw may be set to out the log or' 

